Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:46:18 -0800 From: Chris Doherty <chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net> To: "BigBrother (BigB3)" <bigbrother@bonbon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Renaming files with spaces in the name to files without spaces.. Message-ID: <20030108184617.GE1579@zot.electricrain.com> In-Reply-To: <20030108175539.W65616@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr> References: <20030108175539.W65616@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr>
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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 06:01:50PM +0200, BigBrother (BigB3) said:
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> Sorry for this OT but I am trying for some hours to achieve a massive
> rename of files using a simple script and I have not success yet. I want
> to rename files like
there is already a general utility for this:
/usr/src/contrib/perl5/eg/rename .
leviathan:/home/chris:1168> /usr/src/contrib/perl5/eg/rename
Usage: rename perlexpr [filenames]
not only already written and tested, but you get to use perl regexen. :-)
HTH,
Chris
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Chris Doherty
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"I think," said Christopher Robin, "that we ought to eat
all our provisions now, so we won't have so much to carry."
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